The Baylor Men’s Basketball team earned their third consecutive top 10 preseason ranking with the AP Top 25 Men’s Basketball poll’s release. In the past two preseasons the Bears have been ranked No. 2 in 2020 and No. 8 in 2021 and are currently No. 5 in the 2022 AP poll. The Bears finished the 2021-22 season with a 4th place finish on their 27-7 record with a second consecutive regular season Big 12 title and participation in the NCAA Round of 32. Baylor ties Kansas at No. 5 in the preseason poll following the Jayhawks’ 2022 National Championship title.
Only a few days prior to the No. 5 preseason ranking, Baylor Men’s Basketball senior G Adam Flagler, freshman G Keynote George, and junior G LJ Cryer collectively composed the Bears trio earning 2022-23 All-Big 12 Preseason honors! The conference’s head coaches all vote on the All-Big 12 teams with each coach forbidden from voting for their own athlete. In the trio, Flagler snagged a spot on the All-Big 12 Team, George was named Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year, and Cryer and George were both picked as All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selections. George is Baylor’s second consecutive Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year, making the Bears “just the third program in Big 12 history to have back-to-back winners,” according to Baylor Athletics’ Jerry Hill (papa). Each of the guards in the Baylor trio is wildly talented and should excite all Bears fans in the coming months.
The Bears’ 2022-23 schedule is as follows:
- Tuesday, Nov. 7 vs. Miss. Valley State
- Saturday, Nov. 11 vs. Norfolk State
- Tuesday, Nov. 14 vs. Northern Colorado
- Saturday, Nov. 18 vs. Virginia (Continental Tire Main Event)
- Monday, Nov. 20 vs. Illinois OR UCLA (Continental Tire Main Event)
- Thursday, Nov. 23 vs. McNeese State
- Wednesday, Nov. 29 @ Marquette (Big 12 – Big East Battle)
- Saturday, Dec. 2 vs. Gonzaga
- Wednesday, Dec. 6 vs. Tarleton
- Monday, Dec. 18 vs. Washington State (Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge)
- Wednesday, Dec. 20 vs. Northwestern State
- Thursday, Dec. 28 vs. Nicholls State
- Sunday, Jan. 28 vs. Arkansas
- Saturday, Dec. 31 @ Iowa State
- Wednesday, Jan. 4 vs. TCU
- Saturday, Jan. 7 vs. Kansas State
- Wednesday, Jan. 11 @ West Virginia
- Saturday, Jan. 14 vs. Oklahoma State
- Tuesday, Jan. 17 @ Texas Tech
- Saturday, Jan. 21 @ Oklahoma
- Monday, Jan. 23 vs. Kansas
- Monday, Jan. 30 @ Texas
- Saturday, Feb. 4 vs. Texas Tech
- Wednesday, Feb. 8 vs. Oklahoma
- Saturday, Feb. 11 @ TCU
- Monday, Feb. 13 vs. West Virginia
- Saturday, Feb. 18 @ Kansas
- Tuesday, Feb. 21 @ Kansas State
- Saturday, Feb. 25 vs. Texas
- Monday, Feb. 27 @ Oklahoma State
- Saturday, March 4 vs. Iowa State
